This is bad. Because,
a. Switch 2 can get bricked when Nintendo wants you to upgrade to the “Switch Tree.”
b. If you discover a purely unused switch 2 decades later it will be useless. It’s bricked unless you get that Switch 2 update.
c. It all ties to that Nintendo bricking terms of service terms.
It will probably only concern the first batch. Nintendo does not want leakers to spoil the fun for everyone 2 weeks before its release.
That fact it’s possible to brick customer owned hardware this way leaves way too much room for false positives and malicious intent. No thanks.
I agree with the general sentiment, but it’s a bit weird that there’s anything to leak.
That’s the hope. Perhaps maybe on a newer switch 2 model or something they’l have the required update on the newer Switch. Knowing how Nintendo is and how they keep moving the goal post though I am skeptical.
FWIW it’s pretty common for subsequent production series, even of the same model, to include updated firmware out of the box. That’s why we see various jailbreak options which might only work on devices made before a certain date, because later releases already include patched firmware.